Introducing Big Data in the Digital Literacy Curriculum
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The document outlines an introductory technology course by Mark Frydenberg at Bentley University, focused on big data concepts and database knowledge without programming. It includes a methodology for teaching and assessing students' understanding of big data through interviews and surveys. Students expressed that big data is integral to modern life and recognized its relevance in the technological age.
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Introducing Big Data in the Digital Literacy Curriculum
- 1. Introducing Big Data Concepts in an Introductory Technology Course Mark Frydenberg Bentley University Waltham, MA @checkmark
- 3. IT 101 Current Topics • Computers • Operating System Basics • Input and Output Devices • Internet • Cloud Services • Wireless Networking • Web • Software and Apps • Office Apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) • Security and Privacy • Mobile Devices • Databases
- 4. Goals: • Introduce Big Data Concepts and Buzzwords • Introduce Database Concepts • No programming • Methodology
- 5. The Presentation in Class
- 6. Tech Trends Enable Big Data
- 11. The Demo
- 13. Turn on BigQuery
- 16. Google BigQuery
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- 21. Excel with BigQuery Connector
- 22. Data imported from BigQuery
- 23. Analysis with Pivot Table and Spark lines
- 24. Methodology • 166 (64f + 102m) / 160 (64f +96m) students • 7 sections of IT 101 • 1 Instructor (me!) • Pre- and Post- Interviews following the lesson, approximately 2 weeks apart • Interviews
- 26. Survey Results
- 27. Survey Results
- 28. What did you learn about Big Data? Big Data has become a part of our everyday lives. It is tracing our locations through our phones and we constantly leave paths through various social media sites." "Every move we make seems to be recorded and every human being is leaving a data trail that will be there after the human being is long gone."
- 29. “The content was relevant, crucial and necessary in what many would consider the 'technological age,' and I have begun to realize that informing myself of news and materials in this field may prove beneficial, if not necessary."
- 30. Thanks! Mark Frydenberg mfrydenberg@bentley.edu @checkmark